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Catherine A. Wickham; Lynnea Spencer; Nicole Good; Karen McGrail; Denise Courtney – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2025
Identification of the problem: Coaching programs (CPs) in schools often focus on student and teacher wellness, leadership development for teachers and administrators, nutrition and physical activity, and academic achievement. However, there is limited use of CPs for the development and implementation of Local School Wellness Policy (LSWP). The…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Wellness, Models, School Districts
Eileen McAnneny; Andrew Hunter, Contributor – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2025
The purpose of this report is to provide readers with a comparative analysis of the Massachusetts workforce "system" structures and performance reporting processes compared to other states. Though the federal workforce development system is often examined in its entirety and individual state systems are at times examined independently,…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Comparative Analysis, Labor Market, Federal Regulation
Perry, Angela – Institute for College Access & Success, 2020
Complaints are an essential tool not only to resolve student problems but also to identify patterns of widespread misconduct and take action to prevent ongoing harm to students and taxpayers. However, the current complaint landscape is complex and not well designed to serve students' needs. "Unheard Voices: The Case for Improving Higher…
Descriptors: Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, College Students, State Programs
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Chang-Bacon, Chris K. – Language Policy, 2022
Recent research highlights teachers' key role as language policy interpreters, yet few studies have explored whether and how teachers learn about policy interpretation. This article explores how language policy interpretation is addressed within a statewide teacher education initiative in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Since 2012, the state has…
Descriptors: English Only Movement, Teacher Role, Teacher Education Programs, State Programs
Phoebe Harris; Analisa Pines; Zipi Diamond – Child Trends, 2023
Despite the relative increase in early care and education (ECE) investment over recent decades, access to infant and toddler care continues to be a hurdle for countless families across the nation. While access is a multifaceted issue, main contributors include a lack of available slots and the high cost of providing care to infants and toddlers.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Infant Care, Toddlers, State Programs
Ben Erwin; Shayna Levitan – Education Commission of the States, 2024
Summative assessments measure students' mastery of grade-level academic standards and skills in specific content areas after learning. State summative assessment systems provide students and families, school and district leaders, and state policymakers with valuable data to help understand student progress and school quality. This Policy Guide…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Federal State Relationship, Public Policy
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Ben Backes; James Cowan – Grantee Submission, 2024
We investigate two research questions using a recent statewide transition from paper to computer-based testing: first, the extent to which test mode effects found in prior studies can be eliminated in large-scale administration; and second, the degree to which online and paper assessments offer different information about underlying student…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Test Format, Differences, Academic Achievement
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Ben Backes; James Cowan – Applied Measurement in Education, 2024
We investigate two research questions using a recent statewide transition from paper to computer-based testing: first, the extent to which test mode effects found in prior studies can be eliminated; and second, the degree to which online and paper assessments offer different information about underlying student ability. We first find very small…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Test Format, Differences, Academic Achievement
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Rossin-Slater, Maya; Stearns, Jenna – Future of Children, 2020
Compared to unpaid leave, paid family leave may better help working parents balance the competing needs of job and family early in a child's life, among other advantages. Yet the United States remains one of only two countries in the world without a statutory national paid maternity leave policy, and one of the only high-income countries that…
Descriptors: Leaves of Absence, Fringe Benefits, State Programs, Family Programs
Fonseca, Manuela – Preschool Development and Expansion Grant Technical Assistance (PDG TA), 2017
The transition to kindergarten is an important time in the young life of a preschooler. Research has shown that the quality of children's kindergarten transition processes has implications for their future academic and social outcomes, and the level of family engagement in kindergarten. Research further indicates that children living in families…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Transitional Programs, School Readiness, Educational Policy
Roberts, Maxine T.; Squires, John – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Emerging practices in both K-12 and higher education hold great promise in the establishment of equity frameworks. The use of finely disaggregated data, the effort to track additional student groups, and related work, all help to establish policies and tools to monitor the impact of reform efforts to address inequities. State programs and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, State Programs, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
From 2016 through 2019, 10 states strengthened their career readiness systems through the New Skills for Youth initiative (NSFY), a $75 million national investment by JPMorgan Chase & Co. to enhance state efforts to increase the number of learners across the country who are prepared for success in both college and career. As part of this…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Equal Education
McCulley, Cathy McNeish – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Despite growing up in a world that is permeated by mathematics, students graduating from US schools are woefully unprepared for the mathematical challenges that await them in the workplace or in higher educational pursuits. Mathematical competencies underpin not only success in college but also increase job opportunities for students after…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, State Programs
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Katz, Rachel C.; Easterbrooks, M. Ann – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2020
This study investigated associations between child care participation and socioemotional and language development of children born to adolescent mothers. Participants were 704 mothers and their children (mean age = 24 months) enrolled in a randomized controlled-trial evaluation of a voluntary statewide home visiting program for first-time young…
Descriptors: Child Care, Mothers, Early Parenthood, Adolescents
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Gandhi, Allison Gruner; Slama, Rachel; Park, So Jung; Russo, Patrick; Winner, Kendra; Bzura, Robin; Jones, Wehmah; Williamson, Sandra – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2018
We used a comparative interrupted time series design to examine the impact of the Massachusetts' Wraparound Zone Initiative on student achievement, attendance, retention, and suspension. This initiative was designed to create coordinated district systems that allow schools to proactively and systematically address students' nonacademic needs. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, Attendance, Retention (Psychology)
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